Rickettsia sibirica isolation from a patient and detection in ticks, Portugal

Rita De Sousa; Conceição Barata; Liliana Vitorino; Margarida Santos-Silva; Carlos Carrapato; Jorge Torgal; David Walker; Fátima Bacellar

doi:10.3201/eid1207.051494

Rickettsia sibirica isolation from a patient and detection in ticks, Portugal

Rita De Sousa, Conceição Barata, Liliana Vitorino, Margarida Santos-Silva, Carlos Carrapato, Jorge Torgal, David Walker, Fátima Bacellar

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We report the first isolation of Rickettsia sibirica (strain mongolotimonae) from the blood of a patient and detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus pusillus tick collected from a dead mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Alentejo region, Portugal. We describe also the first PCR detection of a new Rickettsia strain that is related to R. sibirica.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1103-1108
Number of pages	6
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	12
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1207.051494
State	Published - 2006

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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